Indian Premier League teams have announced the list of players retained, released and traded by them ahead of the IPL auction for the upcoming season of the cash-rich league.
Many stars including the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum and JP Duminy have been released from their respective sides.
Here is the complete list of players retained and released by every team:
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff.
🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨
18 players retained, 10 released ahead of next month’s player auction. Read to find out more ➡️ https://t.co/atVm98ITqY#CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/OgtADtXVjv
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 15, 2018
Released: Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya.
Traded: Quinton de Kock from RCB
Delhi Daredevils
Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult
⚠ SQUAD UPDATE ⚠
Here’s the list of players retained by #DD ahead of the VIVO IPL 2019 Player Auction!#DilDilli #Dhadkega pic.twitter.com/m1ufQBg4BS
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) November 15, 2018
Released: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Junior Dala, Liam Plunkett, Mohammed Shami, Sayan Ghosh, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Naman Ojha
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan
💥Important Announcement💥
17 players retained (+ 3 players via trade), and 9 players released ahead of the player auction for @IPL 2019. #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/cRU8SJ9EA5
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 15, 2018
Released: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan
Traded: Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem
Chennai Super Kings
Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi
Singh-taangaaran will sport the super bright #Yellove in 2019! #WhistlePodu 🦁💛 https://t.co/Z5kHdSQK7I
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 15, 2018
Released: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
The wait is over, #KnightRiders! 💜
You’ve been waiting for this list for a long time, and here it is.
13 of the 21 #Knights have been retained for #IPL2019.Share your thoughts on our picks in the comments below!#KorboLorboJeetbo pic.twitter.com/EHkReSNKl7
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) November 15, 2018
Released: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Javon Searles
Kings XI Punjab
Retained: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin
🦁The #KXIP Squad🦁
Retained 9️⃣
Traded 1️⃣
Released 1️⃣1️⃣Let us know your thoughts in the comments!#Cricket #IPL #retention #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi pic.twitter.com/5HVzRw4B49
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) November 16, 2018
Released: Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor Dar
Rajasthan Royals
Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror.
The ultimate action begins!
Who are you excited to see in action again?#RoyalsAreHere #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/OYKSjixSii— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 16, 2018
Released: D’Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Heinrich Klaasen, Dane Paterson, Zahir Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jatin Saxena.